Bio

As state librarian, Julie has established the Georgia Public Library Service as a responsive and trusted partner to Georgia’s libraries, and as a national leader in library innovation and collaboration. As vice chancellor for Libraries and Archives, she oversees GALILEO, Georgia's virtual library; GIL, the gateway to information resources held in University System of Georgia libraries; Affordable Learning Georgia, offering open educational resources to USG students; Georgia State Archives; and the Georgia State Records Center. In 2023, she was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to the Georgia Council on Literacy. She was elected president of the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), an independent organization of the principal library officials in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and two territories, in 2022. In 2017, she was awarded the Nix-Jones Award, the highest honor of the Georgia Library Association that recognizes substantial contributions to the library profession. Julie serves as a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science, the advisory board of Valdosta State University’s School of Library and Information Science, and the advisory committee of the University of Georgia’s Certified Public Manager program. She is chair of the Georgia Certification Board for Librarians and serves on Georgia's Digital Connectivity Advisory Council. She is a graduate of the University System of Georgia’s Accelerated Leadership Academy and USG’s Executive Leadership Institute and Leadership Athens.

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